150 Thirty Years 



CHAPTEE VII 



juneu ^ ie trains for the canoes having been fin- 

 ished during the night, the party attached to them 

 commenced their journey at ten this morning. Each 

 canoe was dragged by four men assisted by two dogs. 

 They took the route of Winter Lake, with the inten- 

 tion of following, although more circuitous, the wafer- 

 course as far as practicable, it being safer for the 

 canoes than traveling over land. After their de- 

 parture, the remaining stores, the instruments, and 

 our small stock of dried meal, amounting only to 

 eighty pounds, were distributed equally among Hep- 

 burn, three Canadians, and the two Esquimaux ; with 

 this party and two Indian hunters, we quitted Fort 

 Enterprise, most sincerely rejoicing that the long- 

 wished for day had arrived, when we were f<> proceed 

 towards the final object of the Expedition. 



We Left in "lie of the rooms a box, containing a 

 journal of the occurrences up to this date, the charts, 

 and some drawings, which was to he conveyed to Fort 



